Wesley Corpus

“But if, after all, you will adhere to the literal sense of thi text, why do you not adhere to the literal sense of that text ‘This is my body, and believe transubstantiation ?” (Ibid. For those very reasons which you suggest: (1.) Because it i grossly absurd, to suppose that Christ speaks of what he the held in his hands, as his real, natural body. But it is nowa, absurd, to suppose the Psalmist was “conceived in sin.” (2. The sense of, “This is my body,” may be clearly explained b. other scriptures, where the like forms of speech are used; bu there are no other scriptures where the like forms with thi of David are used in any other sense. (3.) Transubstantia tion is attended with consequences hurtful to piety; but th doctrine of original sin, and faith grounded thereon, is th only foundation of true piety. 14. The next proof is, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.” (Job xiv. 4.) On this you observe: “Job is here speaking of the weak ness of our nature; not with regard to sin, but to the short ness and afflictions of life.” (Page 139.) Certainly, with regard both to the one and the other. For though, in the first and second verses, he mentions the shortness and troubles of life, yet even these are mentioned with a manifest regard to sin. This appears from the very next verse: (Page 140:) “And dost thou open thy eyes upon such a one;” to punish one already so wretched? “And bringest me into judgment with thee;” by chastising me still more? It then immediately follows, “Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.” It does therefore by no means appear, that “Job is here speaking only with regard to the shortness and troubles of life.” Part of the following verses too run thus: “Now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?